Date: 19 December 2006 Heavy rains during the 2006 monsoon season resulted in an unexpected rise in tidal inflow in Malaysia, leading to mudslides and floods that displaced more than 23,000 people and cut off access to basic necessities like clean water. Mercy Relief...
Date: October – November 2011 Torrential storms battered the Southeast Asian region in late 2011, resulting in large-scale flooding that affected millions. The floods claimed more than 2,000 lives across the region, displaced hundreds of thousands and caused...
Focused Sector(s): Water, Sanitation Project: Healthy Community Date and duration: August 2012 / 6 months Location: Vientiane Province Beneficiaries: 935 people Problem(s): Predominantly rural population which did not have the financial means to invest in household or...
Focused Sector(s): Education Project: English for Everyone (EFE) Date and duration: September 2011 / 6 months Location: Vientiane Beneficiaries: 80 teachers and 8,000 students from 20 high schools and 3 colleges Problem(s): Lack of proficiency in English, the common...
Date: August 2015 Partners: Myanmar’s Heart Development Organisation (MHDO) Unprecedented levels of rainfall, further exacerbated by Cyclone Komen, caused widespread flooding in Myanmar, affecting over one million people. On 4 August 2015, the Government of Myanmar...
Date: October 2013 As part of peace time engagement, Mercy Relief conducted a food relief programme in Rakhine State for vulnerable communities in camps and villages. Partners: Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement, State Government of...
Date: 2012 Ethnic unrest in the state of Rakhine and armed conflict in Kachin forced many innocents onto the streets, without access to food, water and shelter. According to official reports, over 200,000 people, a third of this number, children, were displaced...
Date: 2 May 2008 Tropical Cyclone Nargis, which hit the Ayeyarwady Delta region in Myanmar in May 2008, was the worst natural disaster to hit the country in recorded history. The UN reported a loss of close to 200,000 lives, with more than 2.4 million more affected....
Focused Sector(s): Education, Sustainable Livelihood Project: Skills Training and Enterprise Programme (STEP) Date and duration: July 2012 / 12 months Location: Phnom Penh Beneficiaries: 1,200 people Problem(s): A reduction in buying power due to inflation and a...
Focused Sector(s): Healthcare Project: Better Access, Better Healthcare, Better Health Date and duration: July 2011 / 12 months Location: Santouk District, Kampong Thom Province, Baray Beneficiaries: 23,000 villagers Problem(s): Healthcare centres in the provinces had...
